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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Cho-ch貌rdadh Pheairt. An-diugh tha mi a鈥� dol a dh鈥檌nnse dhuibh mun ch貌rr de bheatha Alasdair III, R矛gh na h-Alba.

Bha tri霉ir chloinne aige. Bha nighean aige 鈥� Mairead. An uair sin bha dithis bhalach aige 鈥� Alasdair agus Daibhidh. Ge-t脿, fhuair an tri霉ir b脿s fhad 始s a bha Alasdair III fhathast na R矛gh.

Chaochail Daibhidh an toiseach, ann an d脿 cheud deug, ochdad 始s a h-aon (1281) ann an Caisteal Shruighlea. Bha e d矛reach ochd bliadhn鈥� a dh鈥檃ois.聽

Chaochail Mairead ann an d脿 cheud deug, ochdad 始s a tr矛 (1283). Bha i p貌sta aig R矛gh Nirribhidh, Erik (mac Mh脿nais, ogha H谩kon). Bha i a鈥� fuireach ann an Nirribhidh. Bha aon nighean aice 鈥� Mairead (eile!) Ach chaochail m脿thair na h-矛ghne aig 脿m na breithe no goirid an d猫idh sin. Bha Mairead 貌g na bana-phrionnsa aig Alba. Ge-t脿, a r猫ir an lagh aig an 脿m, cha robh cead aig boireannach suidhe air r矛gh-chathair Nirribhidh.聽

Cha robh be貌 de chloinn R矛gh na h-Alba ach Alasdair. Ach chaochail esan cuideachd, bliadhna an d猫idh Mairead.

Bha Alasdair III d矛reach anns na ceathradan agus bha e sl脿n, fallain. Bha ban-ogha aige ann an Nirribhidh 鈥� Mairead, 鈥楳aighdean Nirribhidh鈥�. A dh鈥檃indeoin sin, th脿inig 矛mpidh air Alasdair bean 霉r 貌g a ghabhail, gus am biodh prionnsa no bana-phrionnsa aig Alba. Ph貌s Alasdair t猫 de dh鈥檜aislean na Frainge 鈥� Yolande de Dreux 鈥� ann an d脿 cheud deug, ochdad 始s a c貌ig (1285).

Ach d矛reach c貌ig m矛osan an d猫idh sin, thuit an R矛gh far an eich aige. Bha e a鈥� marcachd a dh鈥檌onnsaigh Kinghorn ann am F矛obh airson a鈥� bhean fhaicinn. Bha e leis fh猫in ann an dorchadas na h-oidhche. Bha droch sh矛de ann. Bhris e amhaich.聽

Bha Yolande trom le leanabh ach cha do mhair an leatromachd. B鈥� i Mairead 鈥楳aighdean Nirribhidh鈥� a-nise oighre do Chr霉n na h-Alba. Bha i ro 貌g airson Nirribhidh fh脿gail. Ceithir bliadhna an d猫idh sin, chaidh i thar a鈥� chuain a dh鈥橝lba. Ach chaochail i air an t-slighe.聽

Bha Alba a-nis 脿s aonais r矛gh no banrigh no oighre don Chr霉n. Bha l脿ithean dorcha agus cogaidhean na neo-eisimeileachd air f脿ire.

I was telling you about the Treaty of Perth. Today I鈥檓 going to tell you about the rest of the life of Alexander III, King of Scotland.

He had three children. He had a daughter 鈥� Margaret. Then he had two boys 鈥� Alexander and David. However, the three [of them] died while Alexander III was still King.

David died first in 1281 in Stirling Castle. He was only eight years of age.

Margaret died in 1283. She was married to the King of Norway, Erik (son of Magnus, grandson of H谩kon). She was living in Norway. She had one daughter 鈥� Margaret (another one!) But the mother of the child died at the time of the birth or shortly after that. Young Margaret was a princess of Scotland. However, according to the law of the day, a woman could not sit on the Norwegian throne.

The only one of the King of Scotland鈥檚 children that was [still] alive was Alexander. But he also died, a year after Margaret.

Alexander III was only in his forties and he was fit and healthy. He had a grandchild in Norway 鈥� Margaret 鈥楳aid of Norway鈥�. Despite that, pressure came on him to take a new young wife so that Scotlnad would have a prince or princess. Alexander married one of the French aristocracy 鈥� Yolande de Dreux 鈥� in 1285.

But just five months later, the King fell from his horse. He was riding to Kinghorn in Fife to see his wife. He was by himself in the darkness of the night. The weather was bad. He broke his neck.

Yolande was pregnant but the pregnancy did not last. Margaret 鈥楳aid of Norway鈥� was now the heir to the Crown of Scotland. She was too young to leave Norway. Four years later, she crossed the ocean to Scotland. But she died on the way.

Scotland was now left without a king or queen or heir to the Crown. Dark days and the wars of independence were on the horizon.